News The music industry is tackling streaming fraud with a pointless ‘Code’. It won’t work… but these ideas might. Penalties for artists, penalties for staff, more funding – why wasn't any of this in the industry's own policies?
News Spotify: We ‘overpaid’ songwriters and their publishers in 2018, and we would like our money back Technicality in CRB ruling means publishers now owe Spotify millions of dollars
News The music industry just failed to fix streaming fraud with a toothless ‘Code of Conduct’ The industry has come together to pledge... nothing new, really
Interviews ‘Can you hear us now?’ 300 Entertainment boss Kevin Liles on records, rivalries, race – and running a post-Lyor Cohen company
News Vivendi ‘very confident’ it will ignite Universal Music Group sale process by end of the year 'UMG is doing very well. The question is how to find the right partner, up to 50%. But everything's fine – trust me!'
News Universal boss Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘We owe our artists answers’ over 2008 fire that destroyed masters "I will ensure that the senior management of this company, starting with me, owns this."
News An Epic little story about Sylvia Rhone UK-based manager Kwame Kwaten reveals a telling tale about a certain tea lady...
News Merlin paid indie labels and distributors $845m in the past year, showing strong growth Merlin has now paid indies more than $2bn from digital services since being founded
Analysis The major record labels are signing over 50 artists a month. Is that too many? The majors are inking deals with over 600 artists every year
News Interscope just signed Ann Marie. Don’t expect Atlantic Records to be delighted about it… Who's your favorite: Ann Marie, or Anne-Marie?
Analysis How much money is the US music publishing industry making? A billion dollars more than it was 4 years ago. New stats from the NMPA, analyzed by MBW, reveal some surprising commercial facts
News Ahead of Spotify and Apple negotiations, Oana Ruxandra chosen to lead Warner’s Business Development team Respected Warner veteran Ron Wilcox to step down at end of this year
Interviews ‘Music is fundamentally important to people. It’s not disposable – nor are the artists who create it.’ Ian Montone, manager of Vampire Weekend and many others at Monotone Inc. on the industry and his career
News Atlantic Chairman Julie Greenwald takes stand against ‘backward, irresponsible’ US abortion bans, signing business leader petition 'We stand together in passionate opposition to these backward, irresponsible policies.'
News ‘Monster’ US charts fallout: Is DJ Khaled about to sue Billboard after missing out on No.1? Billboard is reportedly planning to announce later this year that it will tighten its rules regarding merchandise bundling.